Edx Overview

  • Founded

  • 2012

Founded
  • Status

  • Acquired/​Merged

  • Employees

  • 603

Employees
  • Latest Deal Type

  • M&A

  • Financing Rounds

  • 8

  • Investments

  • 1

Edx General Information

Description

Provider of massive open online course (MOOC) based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company offers online courses on architecture, economics and finance, health and safety, chemistry, biology, electronics and various other fields from different universities, incorporating video lessons, embedded quizzes, immediate feedback on student work, online laboratories and student-paced learning to the general public, enabling its members to address rapidly evolving education technologies more quickly and with a broader, deeper research agenda.

Contact Information

Website
www.edx.org
Ownership Status
Acquired/Merged
(Operating Subsidiary)
Financing Status
Formerly PE-Backed
Primary Industry
Educational and Training Services (B2C)
Other Industries
Educational Software
Parent Company
2U
Primary Office
  • 141 Portland Street
  • Cambridge, MA 02139
  • United States

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Edx Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Valuation/
EBITDA		 Post-Val Status Debt

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Edx Comparisons

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Industry
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Employees
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Post Valuation
Last Financing Details
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Edx Competitors (54)

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
MasterClass Venture Capital-Backed San Francisco, CA 000 00000 0000000000 0 00000
0000 0000000 Angel-Backed Dublin, Ireland 000 00.000 000000000 00.000
000000 Venture Capital-Backed Mumbai, India 0000 00000 0000000000 0 00000
0000000 Formerly VC-backed Bengaluru, India 000 00.00 000000&0 00.00
00000000000 (00000 Venture Capital-Backed San Francisco, CA 0000 000.00 00000000000 000.00
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Edx Patents

  • 8

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • 000

    Total Patents Families

  • 2

    Granted

  • 000

    Pending

  • 000

    Expiring in next 12 mo

Edx Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
US-20180315330-A1 Learning event management system Abandoned 28-Apr-2017 00000000
US-20180308375-A1 Accessible content development Abandoned 25-Apr-2017 000000000
US-20180144656-A1 Educational content review Abandoned 18-Nov-2016 00000000
US-10068497-B2 Reflection teaching aid Active 30-Oct-2015 000000000 00
US-20170124915-A1 Reflection teaching aid Granted 30-Oct-2015 G09B23/04
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Edx Executive Team (10)

Name Title Board Seat Contact Info
Anant Agarwal Ph.D Founder & Chief Executive Officer
JP Beaudry Chief Technology Officer
Stephanie Brocoum Chief Marketing Officer
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Edx Board Members (11)

Name Representing Role Since
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0000 0000 00 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Board Member 000 0000
000000000 0000 Edx Board Member 000 0000
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Edx Signals

Growth Rate

0.80% Weekly
Growth
Weekly Growth 0.80%, 93rd %
-35.5%. 530%

Size Multiple

219x Median
Size Multiple 219x, 100th %ile
0.00x 0.95x. 413Kx

Key Data Points

Twitter Followers

5.5k

Similarweb Unique Visitors

15.0K

Majestic Referring Domains

314

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Edx Former Investors

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds Contact Info

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Edx Investments (1)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
000000 000000 03-Feb-2015 00000 Educational Software
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Edx Exits (1)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size Status Buyers
000000 00000000 03-Feb-2015 00000 Completed
  • 2 buyers
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